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Does the Flex record an elliptical work out?

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‎01-12-2015 11:45 - last edited on ‎12-05-2015 10:10 by Moderator Alum

‎01-12-2015 11:45 - last edited on ‎12-05-2015 10:10 by Moderator Alum

Does the flex record an eliptical work out? Also when exercising running or treadmill it count your steps but what about the intensity of the work out when I have it linked to my fitness pal? Calories burned etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated...thank you!

 

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‎01-12-2015 14:06

‎01-12-2015 14:06

The trackers also need to sense forward movement. I would leave it off and manually log the activity. The trackers without a heart rate monitor have no way of tracking intensity.

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‎01-12-2015 16:05

‎01-12-2015 16:05

@Debbie48 I believe it depends on how you use the elliptical.  I use the handbars and push and pull at the same time.  I went back to when I had a Flex and was on an elliptical for about 45 min.  Steps shown below:

Screenshot 2015-01-12 at 6.58.04 PM.png

 

I try to keep the RPM at about 65 so that would give me about 130 steps per minute which comes up quite nicely.  Calories shown below:

 

Screenshot 2015-01-12 at 7.02.27 PM.png

I was credited with about 8-9 calories per minute which I think is pretty good.

 

I believe the relative acceleration and deceleration of my hand on the handbars lets the unit know the effort was not just a rapid walk.

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